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Can’t believe that Labsie and I are nearly one year married! Two months more and we’re gonna celebrate our first wedding anniversary.. Time certainly flew so past! Right now we’re planning how to celebrate this very special occasion. Of course, if you’ll ask me, a romantic cancun vacation is what I want! =) You see, I’d been to most pretty tourist destinations here in my country so I think it’s about time we go abroad and perhaps enjoy the white-sand beaches of the Mexican Riviera Maya. That would be pure BLISS!

Anyway, as I was searching for good places to stay in the Riviera, I stumbled upon Karisma Hotels. They are actually a collection of gorgeous resorts along secluded beaches of the Riviera. They have beach beds with retractable curtains to provide ocean-view intimacy, beachside bar swings, and dedicated Beach Butlers. Luxurious huh?? =) But what I love most about Karisma Hotels are their Gourmet-Inclusive concept, designed especially for food lovers. Hubby and I are foodies so this would certainly be a plus factor for us!

A few months back, I blogged that I’m addicted to Restaurant City. When I play a game, I always have initial goals in my mind. For RC, it was to be able to design an Asian restaurant the way I want. Which means I need lots of money coz Asian furniture and decor in the game cost a lot. And so I played a lot of RC so I can earn money. If your not patient like me (or have lots of real life money), you can always opt to buy game coins through Paypal =) Anyway, I quickly reached my initial goals and stopped playing like there’s no tomorrow. I just logged in to my RC when there are trade requests.

Then yesterday, when I checked, there was a new feature! Apparently you can now make DRINKS!! Awesome!! I really wanna add a photo to this blog post so you can see what I’m talking about but I’m to darn lazy to do it now :p With the addition of drinks, new ingredients were added — like water, ice cubes, coffee beans, tea leaves and peach. Old ingredients you can use for drinks include lemon, sugar, milk, chocolate, ice cream, strawberry, lime and banana. Time to go trading for ingredients again! =) Oh, another new feature is you can now select up to 3 dishes per food category to serve to the customers. Of course, all my dishes are seafood-based. YUM!

Where in the world is Wildwood and why would anyone want to go there?? Short answer: it’s in New Jersey and you just have to visit Morey’s Pier there! It’s an amusement part by the sea and located on the boardwalk of NJ. It is over eighteen acres, covers six beach blocks and has three amusement piers and two beachfront waterparks. Oh, they have one of fastest roller coasters around! What more could you ask for huh? =)

I stumbled on Morey’s Pier as I was searching areas where Radio Disney Summer Concert Series will hit. This concert is 100% FREE and if our kids are fans of the Top Radio Disney artists, you shouldn’t miss this as they will be performing in Morey’s Pier until August! For more info about this, go to their newly renovated and much more user-friendly website. The site is also a good place to look for Wildwood new jersey motels and other vacation spots.

That’s us, the early birds above! And that’s me in the middle, wearing pink of course. Hehe! Despite getting stranded in various places in the city due to strong rains and winds, we three managed to get to the meeting place (Coffee Cat in Torres St.) first =) Of course, we were all wet! Didn’t matter though, we jumped right in to chatting and updating each other with our lives. No talks about motorhome insurance though, LOL! Here are more photos when the other doctors arrived last Friday night:

Thank you to Ate Grace for organizing this meetup! And to Aura for the pretty mini-birthday cake you gave me. It was delicious! =) See you soon guys!

Ever since I was young, I always look for Vending Machines coz I found them very fascinating. Back then, I only saw the vending machines in the capital city of our country. But now, the machines are everywhere! Even prepaid calling cards are sold through it! I’m still fascinated with vending machines but now, my fascination is more of the financial gain it brings. I think a Vending Machine Businesswould be a good business for first time entrepreneurs. You won’t need much capital, you won’t need employees if you can manage to stock the machines yourself, rental fees are almost negligible. In a public hospital here in my city, where most patients are poor, vending machines selling biscuits and junkfoods were very popular. So I did a little research online and found out where can I avail of vending machines — at 1800-Vending!!!

That’s the #1 Soda/Snack Machine in America right now and it came from this company. This is not your traditional soda and snack vending machine as it is offering products most machines cannot vend. Like what you ask? Like bottled water and energy drinks! Aside from the usual chips, biscuits and softdrinks, 1800-Vending soda/snack machine’s can sell around 101 items. That’s just great! =) Now I just need to scrounge up some capital and go buy me some of these awesome vending machines. Hehe!

LIVING ROOM

KITCHEN

“BEACH” ROOM

BATHROOM / LAUNDRY

JUNGLE BEDROOM

I am! And I’m looking for an affordable billiard / pool table too. You see, I celebrated my birthday last week and guess who’s birthday is next? Hubby’s of course! =) So I started thinking of what to give him this October. Since one of the items in his lifetime wishlist is to own a full billiard set (too expensive for my budget, LOL!), I thought I’ll start buying small stuff til we get to the most expensive item, the table. And for his upcoming birthday, I’m thinking of giving him a pair of pool cues or pool sticks, or maybe a set of unique billiard balls =)

As per the usual, I searched online for stores that specializes in selling pool accessories and stumbled on PoolCueGuru.com. Their billiards store sell a large variety of pool cues, pool cue cases, billiard supplies, pool table covers, accessories, and even furniture for your gameroom! They also offer a year round clearance and sale on pool sticks and products. Currently they are offering 20% off discount on your order! Perfect! =) They also offer free case if you buy cues over $50. Hubby would certainly like his cues to have its own case, and me getting it for free is helluva great!

I’ve been receiving lots of inquiries about Davao weddings and honeymoon in the Philippines so I’d thought a post that links to all my posts about these. What I wrote are by no means comprehensive but I hope it will be able to help you =)

WEDDING UPDATES (in order of published date)
Our Engagement Announcement
Davao Wedding Fair (Candor and Bliss)
Our Save-The-Date Cards
Our Wedding Invitation Prototype
Davao Pre-Cana Seminar (just a quick post)
JUNE Wedding Update
NO JULY and AUGUST Wedding Updates — very busy with my Physician Licensure exam
SEPTEMBER Wedding Update (1 month to go!)
Sneak Peak of our Prenuptial Pictorial
My Trial Wedding Makeup Photos
Food-Tasting Photos in Grand Regal Hotel (1 week to go!)

POST-WEDDING POSTS
2 weeks married!
Elbanbuena-Solito Wedding: The Bride
Elbanbuena-Solito Wedding: The Groom
Elbanbuena-Solito Wedding: The KADA

HONEYMOON POSTS (out of 10 days)
Day 1 and 2: honeymoon chronicles: makati/laguna
Day 3 (part 1): honeymoon chronicles: makati food pornography
Day 3 (part 2): honeymoon chronicles: sea creatures and robots
Day 4: honeymoon chronicles: chapel and kitchen

Think about it, you don’t have to go to a massage parlor anymore! Or call a massage expert to go to your home. You can have your massage anytime, right at the comforts of your own home. Last year, when I was strolling in one of the malls in Manila, there was a free offer to try a massage chair. Boy, it felt good sitting in a comfy chair while there were sensations of hands rapidly tapping on my back, gentle rolling alternating strokes and kneading to work out knots and ease soreness of my body! Though some would say that a robotic massage chair can never replace the human touch, well, let me just tell you that there is a company that makes massage chairs so well that you’d actually feel you’re being massaged by a person =)

Presenting the Human Touch Massage Chair!The company actually has full line of massage chairs, and they claim that their patented Human Touch Technology® massage system closely mimics known therapeutic massage techniques used by spinal and back care professionals that Human Touch™ is the approved technology of the American College of Chiropractic Orthopedists. Cool huh?? If you want to know more about them, just click the photo above =)

Yup, that’s my alter-ego in the game above. She’s wearing a pink Juicy Couture dress and Manolo Blahnik shoes. God, if this were only real life, I’d have gone to heaven in fashion ecstasy! LOL! Anyway, if you wanna join my Sorority House, click here. When you join me, I’m automatically joined into your house too. Have fun! =)